flat
Webster Dictionary
lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed
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hypogeous
Webster Dictionary
growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground
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irradiation
Webster Dictionary
the apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus
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aground
Webster Dictionary
on the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground
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causey
Webster Dictionary
a way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground
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bed
Webster Dictionary
a plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground
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plat
Webster Dictionary
a small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground
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swamp
Webster Dictionary
wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore
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drag
Webster Dictionary
to be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold
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quirk
Webster Dictionary
a piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink
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sucken
Webster Dictionary
the jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground
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sleeper
Webster Dictionary
one of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story
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gill
Webster Dictionary
the ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names
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background
Webster Dictionary
ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front
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palisade
Webster Dictionary
a strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense
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ground
Webster Dictionary
to cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament
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golf tee
(tee, golf tee)
Princeton's WordNet
a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
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tee
(tee, golf tee)
Princeton's WordNet
a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
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sagebrush lizard
(sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus)
Princeton's WordNet
a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
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sceloporus graciosus
(sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus)
Princeton's WordNet
a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
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caltrap
Webster Dictionary
an instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet
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basement
Webster Dictionary
the outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively
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grist
Webster Dictionary
ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces
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grazing fire
(grazing fire)
Princeton's WordNet
fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
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ground
Webster Dictionary
any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground
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banyan
Webster Dictionary
a tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men
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cloisonne
Webster Dictionary
inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel
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list
Webster Dictionary
a line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat
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walk
(ɔk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
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drag
Webster Dictionary
to draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing
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